LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
interjection

prox

prox
Classical[ˈprɔks]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔks]

Meaning

  1. by your leave
    Itaque dum enitor, prox, iam paene inquinavi pallium.c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 5.1.38
    Prox bona vox, ut aestimo, quasi proba vox.[…]Prox, bona vox, velut quidam praesignificare videtur, ut ait Labeo de iure pontificio L. XI.[2nd century CE, Sextus Pompeius Festus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, De Significatione Verborum, published 1839, page 252, line 2; epitomized by Paul the Deacon, 8th c.:

prox (bona vox, Fest. p. 253 Müll.; cf.: prox, bona vox, ut aestimo, quasi proba vox, Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), interj.,
I. by your leave, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 33 Fleck.

Origins

Perhaps related to prex.

Quick answers

What does prox mean in Latin?
prox, a interjection, means “by your leave”.
How do you pronounce prox?
In classical Latin, [ˈprɔks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɔks].